And in this corner.....

Coming in at 1.83cm in length in Jodi's belly out of Wilsonville, OR....... baby Stephens!!!

We had our first doctors appointment with Dr. Allard Conger today. He gave Jodi a clean bill of health and some pretty cool pictures. Check em out!!

Greg and I are very thankful that we got a borrowed portable air conditioner from our family. It is stationed in our bedroom and it works great! It almost gets the room too cold. We will be getting air conditioning for the whole house in less than 3 weeks. It just only took a few days of suffering in the 90+ degree heat for us to make that move.
Happy Birthday to Greg's dad, Bob, my mom, Freda, my brother, Chad, and our brother-in-law, Wes who all have July birthdays. I will miss the party at Dad's because I have to work, but I will be thinking of you all. God bless you. We love you!

Fire House

Yeah, that's how we roll here at our place. No AC! No problem! we love it! Isn't that right, Jodi. Jodi? where are your? Hey would you get your head out the the freezer and quit putting ice cubes in Baylee's water. What? No we can't turn on the car and pipe the AC into the house!!

Yeah!!! Summer lovin'

How hot did it get at your town so far this summer? Let us know!

Baby Names

Ok!! So we are opening this up to you our beloved family and friends. Not because we will actually use any of your suggestions for names but this way we will have record of some of the crazy names that we can show our son or daughter when they are old enough. "See, see what you could have been!!!"

So give us your thoughts and ideas and enjoy this little vid!!



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Our Fourth

My first fourth being pregnant! Greg and I drove down to Eugene to spend some good times with family. Greg went out to Dexter with the Stephens and Koesters to spend some time on the water tubing, knee boarding and swimming. I did not want to go out on the boat in my condition, so I watched the 4th of July parade in Harrisburg with my sister, my nieces, my cute little doggy Baylee, and Ginnie. It was so hot! Myka, Rya, and Phebe (my nieces) go so much candy thrown at them that all of it filled my sister's backpack 1/2 full! The girls had so much fun doing that! I had a lot of fun watching them. I got a little worried when they seemed to forget about the cars and trucks driving in the parade while they were out in the street getting their precious treats. The parade, filled with automobiles of the early 1900s -1960s, motor coaches, floats, horses, and mules (mules are so big, my Grandpa had a mule), lasted for ~ 1 hour (the perfect length of time for a parade). Before we arrived to our sitting spot, however, we were all on a quest to find my mom and her friends and sit with them. My mom (love you!) has not been blessed with the gift of a sense of direction and insisted that we were travelling the wrong way! However, by the end of the parade, we all discovered that we were sitting less than a block away from her! Well, as you all can imagine with three little girls and a little dog in almost 90-degree heat, we were getting pretty tired and hungry. My mom, my sister, my nieces, and Ginnie ate lunch at mucho gusto (I love mexican food) and shopped at Old Navy (where Mom bought my first maternity shirt) and Bed, Bath and Beyond. Afterwards, I took a long nap at Mom's house. At around 5pm Mom drove me over to be with Greg and his family. We barbecued, played the ultimate 4-square challenge, light a ton of fireworks, and then crashed into our beds. That was my fourth, and yes, most of us got bad sunburns, but we all got great memories.

Tuesday's Bible Study

So for almost a year now Jodi and I have been hosting a small group at our house every Tuesday from 7:30 to about 9:00. We have a great group and really feel blessed that we are able to use our house in such a way.

Right now we are studying the book of John. Every couple has there own section and tonight Jodi and I have John 5:1-18 the story of the lame man next to the pool of Bethesda.

This has been a great study and it's been cool seeing each week what every one brings to the table and what we get hung up on discussing the most.

What is your favorite verse in John? (besides John 3:16 :} )

Baby?!?

Yes, its true after six months of going through the adoption process Jodi is now pregnant and come this winter 2008 we will be having our first baby. This means we will have to put the adoption process on hold for a while but we will still be adopting.

Jodi and I very excited and would ask for your prayers as we enter into this very exciting time.

Hope to have more updates soon.

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